January 2010
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Close Up & Far Out
Things I like: books, iPhones, palm trees. All of that goes down in these shots from CLOSEUPANDFAROUT. A little iPhonography never hurt anyone.
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This LA 'These Friends' Show
For THIS LA’s first gallery show, they wanted to put up a buncha work from their friends. Looks like we have some mutual ones: Estevan Oriol, Michael Seiben, Shepard Fairey, & Sage Vaughn. The list of artists for this show reminds me just how many people are making cool stuff. Opening night is 2/12/10.
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Chuck Palahniuk's Guts Vans
Mike McComb posted a custom pair of custom Vans that his girlfriend made on Palahniuk’s message forum. If you’re familiar with the author, you know its gotta be good. Remember the story in Haunted called ‘Guts’ when the guy is letting you in on a secret from childhood? The reason why he is super thin & has one really short intestine? I’ll stop there. YOU GOTTA...
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Skull-A-Day Custom Vans
Marissa M. sent this link to me. The site’s about- you guessed it- a different kind of skull each day. There isn’t much in the way of details about Mikee, the guy who made these custom Vans originally posted on SKULL-A-DAY. But hey, you can’t read that well anyway. Look at this photo.
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Konstantin Sergeyev's Photos Will Punch You
Photographer Konstantin Sergeyev has been making himself (and readers of New York Magazine, Vice, Chief Mag, & many others) happy by taking photos of punk shows in & around NYC for coming up on ten years. Lucky us that he sent over this photo of a GUIGNOL show in December at Shea Stadium in Brooklyn. More about Konstantin: “ok lets see.. i was born in odessa, ukraine but came to...
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New Year's Project-A Photo a Day
Sam Vaughan has a great project for himself for 2010. He’s taking one photo each day & adding it to THIS SET on FLICKR. Day one started with an introductory self portrait. Look what popped up on day two? Nice shot of the old Vans vs the new. There comes a time when they are falling apart & you need new ones, but I do have a penchant for the shredded ones. Sam’s on day eight....
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Know New York @ Cinders Gallery
The first in a series of ‘New Yorkers Only’ exhibitions by CINDERS GALLERY, friend of Vans DENNIS MCNETT & a host of great artists from the great city aught to make for a great little show opening this Friday in Brooklyn. KNOW NEW YORK Jan 8th - Feb 7th 2010 Opening Reception Friday January 8th 7 - 10pm Cinders Gallery 103 Havemeyer St. (btwn Hope + Grand) Brooklyn, NY 11211 ...